SQL Saturday #28 - Lessons Learned
After spending a week in Tampa, FL at a client site I've had some time to unwind and reflect back...
2010-08-23
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SQL Saturday 51 Presentation - Fortress SQL Server
Thanks to everyone who attended my presentation at SQL Saturday #51 - Nashville. I apologize for going long and not getting...
2010-08-22
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The application platform for the “Unlimited information” era
“The information age is an idea that the current era will be characterized by the ability of...
2010-08-22
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The application platform for the “Unlimited information” era
“The information age is an idea that the current era will be characterized by the ability of individuals to transfer information freely, and to have instant access to knowledge...
2010-08-22
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SQL Saturday 28 Baton Rouge - Recap
Last weekend I went to Baton Rouge (by way of New Orleans) to attend and speak at the second annual...
2010-08-21
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DBA Tracy Hamlin Wins the 2010 Exceptional DBA of the Year Award
Tracy Hamlin (Twitter) has been voted as the 2010 Exceptional DBA of the Year by the SQL Server community. The...
2010-08-20
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PASS Update #41 (Elections)
In 2009 we had a contentious election cycle at PASS, and I won’t go through the details again, but because...
2010-08-20
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I’m Attending SQLSaturday #51 in Nashville
I’ll actually be going up a couple days early for a PASS Board meeting, then shifting to speaker/attendee mode Friday...
2010-08-20
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How Many Columns In Table and Which Have Identity Columns
I recently had to find a way to look up how many columns were in a table and which of...
2010-08-20
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Great News! SSMS Tools Pack 1.9 is Coming Out!
Mladen Prajdic recently announced that the newest version of SSMS Tools Pack is coming out and I am excited.Continue reading ?
The post Great News! SSMS Tools Pack 1.9 is...
2010-08-20
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Blogs
Creating a Custom SQL Server Security Checklist Using the DoD STIG
The STIG is detailed, which is a good thing, but I found myself wanting...
Creating a Local Model Chatbot on Windows
By Steve Jones
After my session at VSLive last week, I had a few questions from the...
To refer and to be referred
Referrals have never been more important in the job market. They’re no longer nice...
Forums
Querying Multiple Tables for the Same Information
I have about 100 Tables that are all suffixed with _Modify. These tables record...
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Finding Gaps in Sequential Data Using SQL Server
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Question of the Day
Negative and Positive Numbers
If I want to know whether a number of negative, positive, or zero, what is the easiest way to get this in T-SQL?
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